Augustus John Skottowe 1811-1898 and Family in Canada.

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      Augustus John SKOTTOWE 1811-1898.

        Parents - Thomas Britiffe SKOTTOWE/ Mary Ann McCARTHY.
        Born - 28 Aug.1811, New South Wales.
        Baptised - 28 Sept.1811, St.Phillips, Sydney.
        Died - 8 Oct.1898, Stratford, Perth, Ontario.
        Buried - Avondale Cemetery, Stratford.

      MARRIED.

        abt.1838, Paulina IZARD.
        Witnesses - .

      Paulina IZARD.

        Parents - Daniel IZARD/ Ann ALCOCK.
        Born - abt.Jan.1814, Norwich, Norfolk, England.
        Baptised - 15 Jan.1815, St.Margarets Baptist Church, Norwich.
        Died - 18 Sept.1882, Stratford (aged 68 yrs.8 months).
        Buried - Avondale Cemetery, Stratford.

      Children. (10)

      1. Pauline Izard McCARTHY.

        Born -9 Oct.1839, Stratford (Little Thames).
        Baptised - Unknown.
        Married - 26 Dec.1859, Thomas Henry CASLAKE, Stratford.
        Died - 2 Dec.1878 (aged 40) London, Middlesex, Ontario.
        Buried - .

          Thomas Henry CASLAKE.

          Parents - George CASLAKE/ Jane BYERS.
          Born - 5 Apr.1834, London England.
          Baptised - Unknown.
          Died - 10 Sept.1887, Kenora (Rat Portage), Rainy River, Ontario.
          Buried - .

      2. Frances McCARTHY.

        Born -14 Sept.1840, Stratford.
        Baptised - Unknown.
        Died - 1840, Stratford.
        Buried - .

      3. Thomas Britiffe McCARTHY.

        Born -6 Sept.1841, Ontario.
        Baptised - .
        Married - 16 Oct.1872, Elizabeth WEIR, St.James Anglican Church, Stratford.
        Died - 5 Jun.1936, Stratford.
        Buried - Avondale Cemetery, Stratford.

          Elizabeth WEIR.

          Parents - Henry WEIR/ Leah KNICKLE.
          Born - 15 Aug.1852, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
          Baptised - Unknown.
          Died - 4 Apr.1931, Stratford.
          Buried - Avondale Cemetery, Stratford.

      4. Albert McCARTHY. TWIN.

        Born - 16 Mar.1844, Stratford.
        Baptised - Unknown.
        Married - Sarah DUE (nee ARNOLD).
        Died - 12 Jun.1931, Washington Township, St.Joseph City, Buchanan, Missouri USA,
        on his sons (Albert Edward McCarthy) farm, 1.5 miles east of St.Joseph, on Saxton Rd.
        Buried - Ashland Cemetery, St. Joseph.

          Sarah.

          Parents - ARNOLD/ .
          Born - abt.1846, Ohio USA.
          Baptised - Unknown.
          Married(1) - ??? DUE.
          Died - Unknown.
          Buried - Unknown.

      5. Victoria McCARTHY. TWIN.

        Born - 16 Mar.1844, Stratford.
        Baptised - Unknown.
        Married - Never Married.
        Died - 19 Feb.1870, Stratford.
        Buried - St.James Anglican Church, Stratford.

      6. John Augustus McCARTHY.

        Born - 25 Oct.1845, .
        Baptised - .
        Married - Never Married.
        Died - 13 May 1913, Stratford.
        Buried - Avondale Cemetery, Stratford.

      7. Amelia McCARTHY.

        Born - abt.1849, Stratford.
        Baptised - 27 Feb.1849, St.James Anglican Church, Stratford.
        Married - .
        Died - .
        Buried - .

      8. Emma Izard McCARTHY.

        Born - 11 Oct.1851, Stratford.
        Baptised - .
        Married - 27 May 1874, Peter McNAB, Stratford.
        Witnesses - George B.RIDDELL/ H.Aurelia McNAB.
        Died - 7 Apr.1929, St.Thomas, Ontario (aged 77 yrs.5 Months, 27 days).
        Buried - Avondale Cemetery, Stratford.

          Peter McNAB.

          Parents - William McNAB/ Janet GREGG.
          Born - 16 May 1849, Montreal, Quebec.
          Baptised - Unknown.
          Died - 25 Jan.1927, Stratford.
          Buried - Avondale Cemetery, Stratford.

      9. Eliza Annie (Izard) McCARTHY.

        Born - 17 Jan.1854, Stratford.
        Baptised - .
        Married - 2 Jan.1873, William LOCKERBIE, Stratford.
        Witnesses - Peter McNab/ J.B.McCARTHY.
        Died - 18 Mar.1896 (aged 42), Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario.
        Buried - Collingwood, Simcoe, Ontario.

          William LOCERBIE.

          Parents - Andrew LOCERBIE/ Agnes McCAULEY.
          Born - 5 Jan.1848, Galt, Cambridge, Ontario.
          Baptised - Unknown.
          Died - 15 Jul.1921, Edmonton, Alberta.
          Buried - Presbyterian Cemetery, Collingwood.

      10. Henrietta (Henny) Mary McCARTHY.

        Born - 2 Jan.1855, Stratford.
        Baptised - Unknown.
        Married - Never Married.
        Died - 27 Apr.1940, Stratford.
        Buried - Avondale Cemetery, Stratford.

      Notes.

      Augustus John Skottowe was born 28 Aug.1811, at Newcastle, New South Wales.
      He was baptised, 28 Sept.1811, and registered as an Illegitimate child in the St.Phillips Church Register, Sydney.
      It is unknown if the Minister travelled to Newcastle to perform the baptism, or the family travelled to Sydney.
      Augustus was known as John.
      He accompanied his father, Thomas and the remnants of the 73rd Regiment, on the ship Kangaroo, which was under his command, departing Sydney 19 Apr.1815, arriving Colombo, Ceylon 25 Jul.1815.
      It is said that John with the aid of some of his fathers soldiers, stowed away aboard his fathers ship.
      He was the pet of the Soldiers and Sailors.
      John recalled on the voyage thru the islands to Ceylon, the ship made a call to an island, where the natives who came on board, found the little white boy of great interest. A fight occured between some other islanders and the soldiers, which was quickly quelled.
      While in Ceylon, John was given a baby elephant and a monkey, by the captured King of Kandy.
      John stated he learnt to write in the sand spread on the floor of the Military Headquarters in Ceylon.
      Circa Dec.1817, John departed Ceylon with his father bound for England.
      Unfortunately the Elephant had to remain, but the Monkey, Jocko went with John.
      Tragedy the monkey was caught throwing bags of gold into the sea, he was promptly court-martialled and sentenced to be shot.
      On arrival at Lands End, Cornwall England, they went to the house of the father of Thomas, also Thomas, a Banker, in Lisson Grove, Paddington London.
      Also living at Lisson Grove was a spinster Aunt, Anne.
      Shortly after they resided at Tweedmouth, Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, on the river Tweed.
      Berwick-on-Tweed is the most North Easterly Coastal town in England, virtually on the Border between England and Scotland.
      After his fathers death, abt.18 Nov.1820, John was sent to a boarding school for three years, called Bowes Academy at Greta Bridge, on the winsswept moors of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
      This School had a reputation for taking boys that were unwanted and a product of social indiscretions. It was remote enough, so boys could be out of sight and in most cases, out of mind.
      Run by an One-Eyed Tyrant, William Shaw, was prosecuted in 1823 by the parents of two boys who went blind due to Malnutrition and ill Treatment.
      Although fined 500 Pounds, he continued running the School.
      Between 1810 and 1834, twenty-five boys aged seven to eighteen years old, died at the School.
      Charles Dicken in 1838, in his novel, Nicholas Nickleby, modelled his Yorkshire School, Dotheboys Hall, on Bowes Academy.
      Later John worked as a Clerk at his fathers brothers, Nicholas Skottowe, bank in Dublin.
      After a widespread failure of private banks, Nicholas retired to France, John adopted his mothers Surname, McCarthy, (it appears his parents were never married) he was sent to Perth County, Ontario, Canada by the Canada Company to assist the first settlers during a Cholera Epidemic.
      It is more likely he took up the offer of good ships, low fares, implements and tools, and inexpensive land, by the Canada Company, a large private chartered British land development company, established in 1825, to aid the colonization of Upper Canada.
      In Perth County, Augustus married Pauline Izard and ten Children followed.
      He became the First Chief of Police of Stratford, Ontario from 1872 to 1876.

      He was one of the first settlers in South Easthope township in the Canada Company Holdings near Stratford Canada.

      Augustus John Skottowe arrived in Canada in 1832. He was travelling the Huron Trail that led through the bush from Galt to Goderich, with the intention of reaching Goderich where there was a thriving settlement when the wheel of his wagon broke as he tried to ford the river where Stratford stands today. He liked the look of the land and decided to stay where he was, becoming one of the first settlers in the area. Needing some form of law, he was appointed the High County Constable for the whole county of Perth. When Stratford grew big enough, he became the first Chief of Police as well. When he finally became too old to ride long distances and wanted to retire, the job was split between his two sons - Thomas Britiffe became High County Constable and John Augustus became the second Chief of Police. The town, however, refused to let him retire and he was honorary Chief of Police until the day he died. He never did hang up his uniform !

      John Augustus McCarthy Jr. had followed his in fathers footsteps. His father was Stratfords first chief constable from the founding date of the village.
      Police Chief John McCarthy Jr. died tragically (13 May 1913) in a fire at Knox Presbyterian Church, Stratford. He was struck with debris during a collapse of the church steeple.
      At the time of the incident Chief McCarthy, Constable Matthew Hamilton and Fire Chief Hugh Durkin were attempting to remove a burning ladder from the side of the church. The ladder had been placed in an attempt to gain control of a fire on the roof area. As they were removing the burning ladder, part of the steeple collapsed. All three men were killed in the collapse.
      The fire was caused when the church was struck by lightning as an electrical storm passed over the area. It was reported that the steeple had been struck by lightning twice previously.
      Chief McCarthy Jr. was employed as a county constable and later a town constable under his father. In 1883 he was employed as a detective on the Grand Trunk Railway. In 1888 he was appointed Chief of Police for the Stratford. At the time of his death Chief McCarthy was survived by 2 brothers and 2 sisters.

      Augustus John Skottowe married Paulina Izard prior to 1839. There were no churches in the area at the time, the closest Anglican or Church of England minister was based in Woodstock, a village to the south east of Stratford. The story in the family is that that is where they went to be married. Since the minister was a travelling one, who travelled throughout the district, their marriage would have only been recorded in his journal and not all those types of journals have survived. We cannot find a record of the date of their marriage.

      Paulina came from Norfolk, England, we know from the inscription on her gravestone.
      In searching the Church of the Latter Day Saints site, I came across a listing for a Perlisa Izard, who was baptised on January 15, 1815 in St Margaret Baptist Church, Norwich, Norfolk, England, whose parents are Daniel & Ann Izard. I assumed that Perlisa was supposed to be Paulina and the transcriber had trouble reading the handwriting.
      The actual register entry shows Paulina, and states Ann, late Alcock.
      There was a Daniel Izard who owned land two lots over from Augustus John.

      All the people who died in Stratford are buried in the Avondale Cemetery. Its the only cemetery in the city.

      Grandson, Frederick Richard McCarthy (1881-1979) represented Canada in the cycling, in the 1908 Olympics in London England. Competing in seven events, he won the Bronze medal along with his three team-mates in the Team Pursuit (1,980 yards). All his siblings were cyclists, but especially Fred, Bill, and Tom, who had qualified for the Olympics. Back then, you had to pay your own way, but as the family could only afford to send one, Fred got to go.

      Addendum.

      1. While the 73rd Regiment was guarding the King of Kandy, Sri Wickrama Raja Singha, the last of the Sinhalese Kings, captured 10 Feb.1815, King George 111 requested a road be cut to Kandy without employing British labour, he sent the King a splendor Carriage and horses, thinking a road would be made to fetch it up. Instead the Carriage was taken to pieces and carried up the two hundred and fifty steps cut in the rock to the top of the mountain.
        Kandy the ancient highland capital of Ceylon is 115 km inland from Colombo, and nearly half a kilometre above sea level.
        Sri Wickrama a man of dark complexion with a strong build and six feet two inches in height.

      2. John recalled that the ship in which he and his father had left Ceylon called at St.Helena, an Island in the South Atlantic.
        It held captive, Napoleon Bonaparte, guarded by the British, his second place of exile and place of death.
        John saw the former Emperor walking with fellow Officers who shared his exile.

      3. A Velocipede being ridden by a very daring young man across a bridge in London, left a lasting impression on John.
        The term Velocipede first came into use with the launch of the first pedal-equipped bicycle, developed in the 1860s.
        John would have observed an earlier push bicycle made entirely of wood.

      4. Also in London, John saw the aged King George 111 being driven in his carriage in Hyde Park, by which time, Georges health had deteriorated to the extent, he suffered from dementia, was completely blind and increasingly deaf.

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